Undergarment.



L. A. DIFFBNBAUGH.

UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED um. 20, 1009.

991,960. I Patented May 9,1911.

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LIZABETI-I A. DIFFENBAUGH, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS.

UNDERGARMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LIZABETH A. DIFFEN- BAUGH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at F reeport, in the county of Stephenson and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inUndergarments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to an improvement in undergarments, but moreparticularly to drawers.

The principal object of my invention comprehends the production of anarticle of the above character so constructed that it will be impossiblefor the legs of the drawers to work up and wrinkle about the limbs ofthe wearer, but will at all times remain in proper position.

A further object of my invention resides in producing an article of thiskind which is extremely simple, and will cost Very little more tomanufacture than the present form of drawers.

In the drawings which illustrate my invention in its preferred form andin which like reference letters indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several viewsFigure 1 is a rear elevation of a pair of drawersprovided with my invention, and showing the preferred manner of formingthe heel portion of the drawer legs. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of the lower portion of one of the drawerslegs, illustrating the first fold, after cutting, and Fig. 4 is asimilar View illustrating the second and finishing fold.

Reference being had to the drawings and the letters of referenceindicated thereon, A denotes a pair of drawers of the usual constructionwith the exception that the lower ends of the legs B thereof, arepartially closed as at C, instead of being entirely open as heretofore.

As clearly shown in Fig. 2, the closed or heel portions 0 extend fromthe rear side of the legs to about the center thereof, and are curved asat D to correspond to the curvature of the heels of the wearer. The heelportions C, as shown in the drawings,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 20, 1909.

Patented May 9, 1911. Serial No. 518,520.

are preferably formed by cutting the rear of the drawer legs upwardly ashort distance after they have been formed in the usual manner, andturning back triangular flaps and stitching the outer edges of saidflaps upon the outer surfaces of the legs, and then drawing the lowerends of the legs inwardly and stitching the inner edges of said flapstogether as well as the lower edges of the legs for a short distance, asat F, forming heel pockets.

The front of the drawer legs are preferably curved outwardly, asindicated at G, so as to cause them to fit snugly about the insteps ofthe wearer.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I provide an extremely simpleand inexpensive improvement in drawers which will effectually serve tohold the drawer legs down and in proper position at all times, and, asin the ease of children, permit them to draw on their stockings withoutthe aid of an older person.

lVhile I have shown my invention in its preferred form, it will beunderstood that various other ways of forming the heel portions may beemployed Without departing from the spirit of my invention, and nolimitation is implied by reason of the particular structure shown.

I claim- An undergarmcnt of the kind described, having the lowerportions of its legs slitted upwardly at the rear, and triangularportions turned back at each side of the slit and stitched at theirouter edges to the legs, the inner edges of said triangular portions andportions of the lower edges of the legs immediately adjacent thereto,being stitched together, whereby to draw the rear lower portions of thelegs inwardly and form heel pockets.

In testimony whereof I a'fiix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

LIZABETH A. DIFFENBAUGH.

\Vitnesses:

JENNIE MARTIN, BELLE MORIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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